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Lil Wayne says Kobe Bryant inspires him
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May 09, 2012
Rapper Lil Wayne sat courtside at a recent Los Angeles Lakers playoff game, he told an LA Times reporter that Kobe Bryant inspires him in life.
"He's inspired not only songs, but he's inspired me in life in general just the way he attacks things, the way he never backs down, the way he fights through injury," Lil Wayne said to the reporter.
"Not only do...
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May 09, 2012
Nuggets blow out Lakers force Game 7
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May 11, 2012
The Denver Nuggets on the brink of elimination for the second game ran the Los Angeles Lakers up and down the court to a 113-96 Game 6 win to force a Game 7 back in LA.
Game 7 will be Saturday night at the Staples Center. Denver hasn't played in a Game 7 since losing to Utah in the 1994 Western Conference semifinals.
“There’s no way I thought what happened tonight would...
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May 11, 2012
Kobe Bryant questionable for Game 6
Kobe Bryant is questionable for Thursday night's playoff game in Denver because of a bout of gastroenteritis.
The Lakers said they will have a better idea about the five-time NBA champion's condition about 90 minutes before tip-off of Game 6 in Denver, where LA will look to close out the series.
Gastroenteritis, also referred to as stomach flu, is usually brought on by...
Lakers Find It Not So “Easy Closing Out” After All, Nuggets Win 113-96 Series Tied 3-3
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May 11, 2012
If the Denver Nuggets win game seven of their first round Playoff match-up Saturday night as they take on the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center; Lakers center Andrew Bynum will be haunted by the words “easy closing out” until next October. The All-Star center uttered the infamous phrase to reporters before his team took on the Nuggets in game five of the series with Los...
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May 11, 2012
To Chuck Or Not To Chuck
Via Hoops Manifesto
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May 10, 2012
To chuck, or not to chuck, that is the question. At least that is the ongoing debate among the pro- and con-Kobe Bryant groups (especially in the comments section of our All-NBA Teams article). The argument (at least for the anti-Kobe people) is that the Lakers would be a more successful team if Kobe shared the rock more often, especially with Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol, two...
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May 10, 2012
Kobe Questionable For Game 6
Via Los That Sports Blog
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May 10, 2012
Much was made of Andrew Bynum’s comment about close out games being “easy”. Especially after he & most of the Lakers failed to show up for the game 5 loss at home. The Lakers will look to close out the Nuggets again in Denver, but Kobe Bryant is now reportedly questionable. Bryant is reportedly suffering [...]
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May 10, 2012
While you were sleeping: Nuggets send series back to Denver
Via Lost My Way
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May 09, 2012
A face only a mother could love. The Los Angels Lakers failed to wrap up their first round series with the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night. The Nuggets forced a Game 6 back in Denver on Thursday night with a 102-99 victory. Despite 43 points from Kobe Bryant, it was too much JaVale McGee and Andre Miller. McGee had his best game of the series with 21 points and 14 rebounds...
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May 09, 2012
Tomjanovich Believes Bynum Has Potential To Rank Among Greatest Centers Ever
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May 10, 2012
Rudy Tomjanovich believes Andrew Bynum has the potential to rank alongside Hakeem Olajuwon and Shaquille O'Neal.
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May 10, 2012
Chris ‘Birdman’ Anderson’s home is reportedly being investigated in internet criminal case
Via No Guts, No Glory
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May 10, 2012
Denver’s 7News has published a report that Nuggets center Chris Anderson’s home is part of an investigation by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children division. Though Anderson has not been arrested, the channel is reporting that the case involves child pornography.
Douglas County investigators on Thursday executed a search warrant at the Larkspur...
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May 10, 2012
Nuggets-Lakers Game 5: The JaVale McGee Show
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May 09, 2012
It’s known as the Gentlemen’s Sweep, and typically when a team is down 3-1 one in an elimination game, they do lose. However, thanks to a few pre-game words from Andrew Bynum: “Close-out games are actually kind of easy. Teams tend to fold if you come out and play hard in the beginning, so we [...]
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May 09, 2012
The Denver Nuggets were motivated by Andrew Bynum’s ‘arrogant’ comments
Via Pass The Pill
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May 09, 2012
The Nuggets used Andrew Bynum’s comments to fuel their game five 102-99 victory over the Lakers to stay alive and force a game six. Denver head coach,George Karl, used Bynum’s statement during the end of the Nuggets’ pregame film on Tuesday night.
“Closeout games are actually kind of easy,” Bynum had said a day earlier. “Teams tend to fold if you come out and play hard...
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May 09, 2012
Report: 'Birdman'may be target of extorsion
Thursday there was a report that Denver Nuggets Forward Chris "Birdman" Andersen was being investigated by the Internet Crimes Against Children task force in Colorado. The only details that were given was that Andersen's home was searched but he was not arrested or charged with anything.
Friday, the Denver Post reported that Andersen's lawyer, Colin Bresee, had...
Would Nuggets Over Lakers Be the Biggest First Round NBA Playoffs Upset of the 2000s?
Via Midwest Sports Fans
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May 11, 2012
If you said you had the Lakers and Nuggets going seven games you are lying, unless you are a very optimistic and borderline delusional Denver fan.
My in-laws are all Lakers fans, and I am sure they are shocked, though confident.
I am pulling hard for the Nuggets to do the unprecedented, because too often in the NBA playoffs the first round matchups go just as planned. There are...
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May 11, 2012
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